Chapter 20-Fuggire dall'inferno

Chapter 20-

Fuggire dall'inferno

Giselle sobbed as Alec was on top of her. "This isn't who you are!" she screamed!

"Shut up!" he bellowed. Listen to me. I'm not really going to hurt you. They're listening to us. Nod once if you understand.

Hesitantly, Giselle nodded.

They won't stay for long, and once they're gone, we're going to get Belt, Jane, and Edward and escape. Is there anywhere we can go?

Again, Giselle nodded. Good. Now, scream. Loud. Like I'm hurting you. Giselle screamed and you could hear commotion in the room next to them. She shook a little. Can we go to Forks? Will they accept us? Giselle nodded. Good.

     After a few hours of Alec shaking the bed, and Giselle screaming, Alec knew they had left for hunting. Jane came and knocked on the door, and Jane answered, Edward at her side.

"I don't understand why they would leave us. They know, Alec. I can just feel it."

Edward ran to Giselle's side, and held her tight.

"Gaan ons?" she whispered urgently. Edward wasn't sure what language he was speaking, but he read her thoughts.

"Ja." he whispered.

"Can we go get Edward Jacob?"

"Beltrano should be in his room," Jane said, leading them out. They had all donned black cloaks, just to blend in.

"Belt?" Jane asked.

"What?!" I hissed, throwing open the door. I was shocked to see Giselle and my father standing there, unharmed.

"Has everyone gone?" she whispered.

"Yes," I replied.

"Then were going."

"You won't need to pack anything," Giselle said, taking my hand.

"Wait!" Jane cried. She pulled a tattered piece of cloth from behind her back. "This is what you were found in. It traveled from Forks to here. Now it's going back. I don't think you should leave it."

"Thank you," I whispered.

"Let's go."

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We ran out of the tower at lightning speeds. Edward was the fasted, even with Giselle in his arms. Alec carried me for I would never be as fast as him. We swam across the ocean, Giselle being to only one slowing us. She had to breathe more often than I, and the other's didn't need to breathe at all.

     One night, we were camped out for the first time, our first stop. We were around the heartland of the country and we were all getting sick. Giselle was asleep. She had been once we got to America. I kept looking at my father. He kept looking at me.

"How have you been?" he asked.

"Good."

"Did they, treat you right?"

"I mean, it wasn't an ideal place to grow up. I made friends."

Edward laughed. "I see," he said, looking at Jane and Alec who were both smiling at me.

"You were involved in a romantic relationship with both of them?"

"Yes," I said, blushing without a smile. "Does it bother you that I'm bisexual?"

"...No. I guess not. I wasn't there to raise you so it's not my say. You love both of them?"

"...Yeah..." I whispered.

He swore kindheartedly. "You really are your mother's child. You have a sister. She's your twin."

"You kept her?"

"...Yeah...I didn't mean...you're mother was dying. I was mad...I needed someone to blame and your sister was so sweet, only wanting to love your mother. You...chewed your way out of her, drinking her. When I took you out of her dead body...you wanted more. I was just...sick to my stomach, you know? I really hated you. I didn't know if my wife was going to live, all I knew was that I had a daughter, and you were a menace. You aren't obviously. I just...I don't know."

"...Did I kill her?" I whispered.

"...No. She's immortal now."

"Where is she?"

"To hell if I know. She left me after I told her about you. I lied to her and that just...she hates me now, I guess....it's all up to you if you want to meet her."

"No...I just...I don't wanna worry about that now. You read minds?"

"Yeah. So do you."

"I also do this," I said, making myself disappear.

"That's very impressive, son."

"...My name is Edward Jacob?"

"Yeah. Edward Jacob Cullen. I guess we would've called you EJ."

I looked at my feet. Was this the feeling I had been missing? A family? A home? A father?

"I like EJ," Jane pipped up. "Me too," said Alec who came and kissed me. I think my dad stiffened. When I looked back at him, he was smiling.

"Well," he said, rising,"ready to keep moving? Or do you need to rest?" I rose, ready to go home. My home.

"Let's go!" I said. He smiled, then nudged Giselle with his foot.

"Honey? You ready?"

She stretched out her arms and sighed. "Carry me!" he laughed at her.

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We arrived just a few hours later. My house...this home...it was amazing. I ran up the drive, screaming for joy.  I burst through the door, where several people where lounging.

   At the door was a young man in his twenties. He had blonde hair with gold eyes, like my father, and a white oxford with black slacks and Italian leather shoes. He stared at me curiously and I blew by him in a flash. There was a boy with stringy blonde hair with a grey scarf around his neck. He looked pained, but also ready as if he could strike me if I became a threat. Beside him were two women. One with golden eyes, the other with green. The latter had big, curly red hair that stuck out a foot, the elder had short pixie hair that was gelled into spikes. The girl with the pixie black hair was smaller and petite in comparison to the redhead who was fullfigured and tall. Across the room was a burly boy with curly brown hair and a beautiful blonde girl on his lap. Across the room was a woman with brown hair, and she was tall and curvy. She stared at me with fullness in her eyes. She knows who I am.

     There was a young girl of about 13 with human blood in her, and ivory skin. She was coming down the huge staircase. She had big hair in bronze ringlets, and big brown eyes. Her lips were a pretty pink, and the bottom one was very full. Her cheeks were rosy. Her hair was pulled back with a rainbow headband, and she had on a lime green polo with khaki cargoes. She came up to me and smile. Putting her palms on my neck she showed me something.

   The corner of the vision was blocked by golden waves of what looked like fur or hair. I could hear screaming and crying of small child. I saw my father pulling a baby from what had to be his wife and my mother. I saw him stare at me for a good minute or two, then wrap me in a scarf and run out the window.

     When I was done, I looked back at the girl who had my daddy's  hair and my mother's eyes.

"Welcome home," she whispered crying, and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Hey sis," I whispered,"long time, no see." 

Chapter 19-Defeat and the After Lust

Chapter 19
Defeat and the After Lust

"His-what?-I'm, who, he?...What?! I'm his what? He's my..."

"Oh, shut up, boy!" Aro cried as me as I was confusedly trying to make sense of things. I had my palms out, and kept running them through my wild hair. "Honestly, you didn't know? You've been with us for 70 years and you've never shown any interest in your parentage! I thought it was odd, but maybe you just kept something to yourself. But no. And the mind reading boy is too weak to search others minds."

"He reads minds?" Edward whispered.

"Like his father," Aro replied.

"You read minds?" I asked urgently. 

Edward, my father,stared at me," Yes...those are your first words to me...I really didn't think I'd love to hear them that much."

Giselle once again regained her control. "Just give us the boy, Aro. He's all we need. Please."

"Oh, no. You see, Edward, you abandoned the boy," Aro said, ignoring Giselle.

"You abandoned me?" I whispered.

"You don't understand, I had to protect your mother-"

"Is it her?" I whispered, pointing to the pale woman. She didn't seem to be. She was so young, but Edward seemed to be just my age. But she was human. "She human, and you're a vampire. Is that why I'm in between? Is she my mother?"

"No, she's not your mother."

"Where is Bella, anyway?" Aro taunted. "Oh, that's right. She left you."

"How did you know that?" my father growled, and the woman held a hand back to stop him.

"She came here. Isn't it odd? It was just a year or so ago, too. It was the night your son lost his virginity, at a party." I stiffened.

"You knew the whole time?" Jane yelled.

"Of course!" Aro screamed. "Jane and Beltrano. Then it changed to Alec and Beltrano. And back and forth and now you just screw whoever is around, right, Boy?"

"Shut up," I growled, the tears stinging. 

"Leave the boy alone!" screamed the pale woman-Giselle, I gathered from her thoughts a moment ago. "It's over, Aro, you reign has come to end."

"Oh no, no, no, dear. I think you'll find I hold the ace. Jane, Alec, Beltrano? Do your duty. You see, Edward and Friend, they are the most talented members of my guard. Guests, I do believe you should be afraid."
"Master, if I may?" Alec stepped forward. He had been quite this whole time, and seemed wary and afraid. I followed his gaze to Giselle.What was going on with him? "We've been meaning to get rid of the Cullen's for sometime. I suppose they know where he went, and if not, the girl that sees the future will. They will come for them, and with all of them gathered hear, they can die."
"My family?" I whispered to Alec, the tears flowing in spastic rivers down my cheeks.
"And your twin sister," my father said. "Volterra will never change. It will always want it's blood lust."
"They abandoned you, Belt! This is your family now."
"I made a mistake, Edward Jacob, and I'm sorry! You have no idea...the grief I've felt...from sending you away. You were an angel and I was blind. I am...so sorry."
"Is that my name?" I yelled at my father,"Edward Jacob?"
"It is too late, Cullen. You are going to die. No redemption can save you," Alec said, still looking at Giselle. "But, if my Master agrees to the plan I proposed, you may live long enough to say goodbyes to your family. Master?"
     Aro smiled sickeningly. "Yes. Yes, I do like this. Alec, you are truly a prodigy. Release us, Witch," he told Giselle.
"Why?"
"Alec and Jane will kill you, Edward, and the boy if you don't." He smiled.
     "Giselle..."Edward whispered. She looked at him, the tears of fatigue and defeat in her eyes. "I can't let you die." She reluctantly put her wrists back to her sides, and Felix breathed a sigh of relief. Alec quickly grabbed the girl, taking her to the ground and pulling her hair. I screamed at him.
"Stop! Stop! Leave her alone!"
"Now your mine,"Alec hissed, smiling sickening in her ear. She sobbed. Edward dove for the pair, but Jane crippled him.
"Edward to the dark chamber," Alec commanded,"the girl to my room." Giselle cried out at Alec ran a cold hand across her collar bone.
"Giselle!" My Father screamed as Jane dragged him off, her eyes full of hate and pity.
"Dad!" I yelled as he fell out of sight.
     Alec stole the pale Giselle up the stairs and I heard the door click as he threw her in the room.
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Giselle stood there, shaking. Her dress was ripped in several places, and she felt exposed. Alec circled her.
"I can hear your thoughts," she whispered defiantly,"and I know what you feel. Don't lie to me or the boy. Please...don't you love him? Edwa-...Beltrano?"
"Shut up," Alec breathed. "You're mine now," he whispered kissing her neck.

Chapter 18-The Truth of the Beauty Underneath

Chapter 18

The Truth of the Beauty Underneath

"Well, Miss, this certainly is a surprise. A human. How did you get into the tower?"

"With all due respect, Sire, shut up."

"Dear Human, you do not know who you are dealing with," the dark-haired vampire chuckled.

Giselle, standing bravely before them, cocked her pale head to the side,"Don't I? HHHHHEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!" Giselle thrust out her wrists, causing the chains which had so long bound her to the Cullen's land, to wrap around the throats of the Vampire Princes sitting before her. Aro screamed in Italian to the guard members, and they rushed forward, only to find themselves in some kind of hex by the white intruder. She wrapped the invisible chains around their necks, engulfing the whole guard, minus Corin, the wives, and 3 members of the Volturi guard....

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I was in my room, with Alec beside me, we were watching an old movie, in black and white, with English subtitles as our only guide to understand what was going on. We were laughing, and Alec popped a piece of popcorn in my mouth. I laughed.

"You have such pretty green eyes..." he whispered. I stared at him, and kissed his cheek. He rubbed the gold promise band on my finger. "With this ring, I thee wed..."

I took his hand, and kissed the identical band. "With this ring...I thee wed." I let a small tear drip down my cheek, and he wiped it away.

     I sighed, and rose from the bed. "They'll be wanting us down stairs. The feeding starts in two hours."

"But Aro said-"

"And Aro is restless," I reminded him. I leaned down once more to kiss him, then slapped his butt teasingly. "Put you're robe on."

He stood, and popped the movie out of the player. Slipping on his uniform,"How do I look?"

"...Like an angel. How do I look?"

"Like an angel," he replied.

"Well-"

"Boys!" Jane threw the door open, her hair was partly down-partly up. Her big red eyes were wide with fear.

"Jane..." Alec whispered, I touched her arm gently.

"What's wrong?" I whispered urgently.

"...S-someone's in the castle. They've got Aro and the rest of the guard tied up. I don't know who it is. It sounds like a girl, Aro said she was human."

"What do you mean tied up by a human, Jane? We're vampires," Alec said, closing the door, leading his sister into my room.

"I-I don't know! I was so afraid, I had to come find you two! You're my boys!" she ran to hug both of us, sobbing wildly with no tears. "I was so afraid..." she whispered,"You're my boys."

"We can't just stand here," I whispered.

Jane looked at me for a moment, then her brother.

"This could be our chance," she whispered. "To get out of here. Don't you see? We could leave, and if this human girl kills them, no one would come after us. We can leave right now and never look back."

"Jane...normally, I would go with you both and run...but somethings here...holding me down. Jane, we have to stay, I have unfinished business. Our time will come soon, but for now we must stay."

"Why?" she whispered.

"I can feel it."

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"Gaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!" Giselle screamed again, thrusting the guard member against the granite walls. "Aro!" she boomed," I will not ask again! WHERE IS THE BOY?"

Aro cocked his head innocently,"Young human maiden, I do not know of what you speak of."

"Please Master!" cried one of the guard members, with thick black hair and leached tan skin. "Do what she says! Tell her where he is!! Tell her about Bel-" Demitri snapped the neck of his fellow guard member.

"Thank you," Aro whispered from his throne. "Santiago needed to be punished. May he be damned in his eternal hell."

"That boy was a Catholic," Giselle replied, gesturing to the cross necklace that had flown out of the lifeless body's robe.

"God is not pleased by vampires. We are demons." Aro replied.

Giselle stared at him. "I don't believe that."

"But it's true, ma belle."

She stared a moment. "God loves everyone. Even if you are demons, he will not turn away a repetitive soul."

Aro cocked an eyebrow. "You don't hear it yet, do you?"

"...What?" Giselle asked. Aro laughed.

"There is someone, coming up the tunnel. Let's hope it means your bloodshed, shall we?" The heavy footsteps got louder and louder as the tromped down the hall, closer and closer to the door. Giselle's heart began to hammer. "Oh, girl?" Aro yelled delightfully. "Do you think God will accept a prayer from me?" Giselle spat on the ground, much to Aro's amusement.

The doors flung open, and Giselle's heart stopped.

"You..." she whispered.

The visitor dropped to his knees, and held out a small cup. "Please...touch it..." she panted.

"Why are you here?!" she sobbed.

"I-I couldn't let you die..."

"Mr. Cullen," Aro called from his throne. "Why did I just know you had something to do with this?"

Edward Cullen shook his head, his eyes never leaving the feet of the Princess,"I guess I just have bad taste in women," he said, kissing Giselle's feet. "I am never leaving you," he whispered.

"I am never leaving you," she replied. "I swear to you."

I stared down off the balcony.

"Cullen..." Jane sneered through her sobbing.

"Why is he here? After all these years?" Alec said, seeming to only be talking to his sister.

Alec agreed. "Yeah, I-"

"Alec, Jane?" Aro boomed from his perch. "Quit whispering and come down here, and bring the boy!" I was shocked and hurt at being talked about like that again after 70 years, but it didn't bother me much.

    Slowly, with all of our arms linked, with started down the stairs, and the woman stranger and the man both stared at me funny.

Aro looked at me too. After a moment, he asked me,"Do you know who these people are, Beltrano?"

"No."

"Are you sure? Look closely at the man."

"What about him?" I mumbled angrily.

Aro sighed something in Italian which I didn't understand. "Suppongo che assomigliano più a tua madre ...Beltrano," he boomed,"I'd like you to meet an old friend of mine, and yours," then he looked at the man. "Edward Cullen, meet your son."

"HIS WHAT?" I screamed.

Chapter 17-Renesmee Revealed/On the Way to Volterra

Chapter 17

Renesmee Revealed/

On the Way to Volterra

     "I don't even know where to start looking,"Edward cried, flopping down.

"Edward," Rosalie whispered,"If she doesn't get back here before dark..."

"Oh, God!" Esme fell onto her husband, sobbing wildly.

This is all my fault, Edward thought.

"Emmett," Jasper commanded,"go get a pot from the shed out back, and  fill it with soil from the front yard."

"Aye!" yelled Emmett, as he hit the ground running.

"You think that will work?"

"I'm hoping," Jasper whispered to his oldest brother.

"Daddy?" Renesmee whispered. "You're looking for my brother...right?"

"Yes, Renesmee," replied her father.

"Daddy...there's something I need to show you." Renesmee put her palms on her fathers neck and forced her thoughts on him.

     His eyes widened, and he shook for a moment.

"Renesmee, where did you get that?"

"They're my dreams. Daddy...I think I'm seeing what my brother is seeing."

"Like, some kind of telepathy?" Carlisle asked.

"It's the only hunch I've got," said Edward rising.

"Where are you going? What did she show you?"

"The inside of Volterra."

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"Hey, you."

"Hey, Alec," I leaned in to kiss him. He smiled at me.

"Wedding date is all set. So's the honeymoon. I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. Aro always has me on sweeps now."

"Only every other night," I reminded him, the guilt taking another jab at me.
"Well, at least we get tonight. Wanna go out to dinner?"
"Sounds great," I said, taking  his outstretched arm. He leaned down to kiss my cheek, then lead us unsuspectingly from the tower.
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Esme leaned down off the porch to kiss the top of her son's head.
"I have to be going. I can run the whole way."
"You'll be dead tired, and not much use if it gets violent."
"I will fight for her, and my son. I will bring them both home, I swear." He had a small green pack on his back, and a cup of soil from their yard in the other.
As he turned and got in a position to run, his mother yelled out to him.

"Edward!" he turned. "You bring her home."There were tears in her eyes.
"I will. I promise."

An Edward Cullen began the 5683 mile journey to Volterra, on the way to rescue the woman he had misused, and the son he had never met.



Chapter 16-Realization and Escape

Chapter 16

Realization and Escape

"Edward?" asked his mother, coming down the stairs. "Your up early." Her son gave no reply, but stared out the window, his hand supporting his weary head covering the tangled mess of bronze hair. "Edward," his mother whispered cautiously,"where is Giselle?...Edward?" she repeated. "Edward!"

"Esme?" Emmett asked, emerging from his room, his golden hair wife by his side. She rubbed her eyes, as if she had been sleeping, and pulled the silk string tighter that held up her robe tighter around her waist.

"Where. Is. Giselle!" Esme repeated to her pale son, her eyes frantic with worry. Carlisle emerged from his office, as did Jasper from his room. Talia and Alice emerged. (Alice continued sleeping with Talia to make up for the heart break. They were engaged and Alice was not happy about the union, but was putting up with it.)

"Where is she, Edward? Please tell me..." Esme looked like she would cry if it was possible. She was on her knees. Edward looked at her for the first time.

"Gone," he whispered, his voice hoarse and broken.

"What?" Carlisle breathed. Rosalie was staring daggers at her brother.

"Where is she, Edward? Where did she go? Why did she go? Edward, damn it, answer me you bastard!" Rosalie was there, her hands at his throat, and Edward didn't even try to push her away. Emmett quickly stepped next to his bride and pried her off the bronzen-haired vampire. Esme stayed by their feet, sobbing, knowing that if Giselle left, she wouldn't be coming back.

"Why is she gone?" Rosalie sneered.

"You know something Rose?" Edward said,"You are ugly when you're angry."

This time Rose and Emmett both charged, causing Carlisle and Jasper to intervene.

"Edward," Carlisle said, holding back Rosalie with difficulty,"I don't know why you saying things you don't mean but I do know this: you do know why Giselle is gone. You must tell us, Edward. No matter how horrid it is. She did not only belong to you. Please."

     Edward sighed, and didn't take his eyes off the greenery outside.

"We were...together, you all knew that. Apparently thought on the relationship weren't mutual. She left. Just couldn't stand to be with me anymore. Apparently, it's not an uncommon thought." He stared at his family, and he stared at his little daughter, who had climbed down the stairs. She was old enough to be a grandmother, but only looked 13. He had truthfully cursed his daughter by letting her exist. And his son? What of him? Did he suffer the same? Had a nomad found him? Had anyone? A son. His son. Heathcliff and Isabella...Linton...Edward Jacob. "Oh my God..." Edward breathed.

Esme looked up. "You've figured something out," she whispered.

Edward stood, and starting grabbing anything he could find. "Before Giselle left, she made an analogy, saying I was Heathcliff and she Isabella. She said since she was Isabella, she needed to do her job."

Carlisle inserted himself. "Isabella Linton was in love with Heathcliff, but Heathcliff only married her to upset her brother."

"But think!" Edward said.

"Isabella left...."

"And had a son!" Edward yelled.

"She's pregnant?" Jasper asked.

"No," Edward said. "I definitely would've notice that. Guys...

She's on her way to look for Edward Jacob."

Chapter 15-Heathcliff and Isabella

Chapter 15-

Heathcliff and Isabella

     Edward was once again taking advantage of Giselle. It was the middle of the night, and he was pushing his limits.

"...Edward...Edward....Edward...EDWARD!" She screamed, but not of joy, but pain. Shoving at the vampire, she rolled over, grasping her abdomen. She moaned and coughed up a little blood.

"Giselle?" Edward asked.

     Edward often neglected to understand that he was a thousand times stronger than the pale princess. He knew, but discarded the thoughts. He had been banging her so hard, it had bruised her stomach.

     Crawling out of the bed, she walked to the closet, and found a silken robe. Slipping it on, she went to lean up against Edward's leather couch.

"I-I'm sorry I hurt you," the vampire whispered after a pause.

"No you're not," Giselle whispered, blood dripping down the corners of her mouth,"you're that you banged me so hard I couldn't keep giving you good sex."

"...You don't mean that."

"Aye, Master Cullen, but I do."

     Edward looked away, ashamed. But there was fury in him, dark, as if he were a drunk, and an angry one at that. He spat on the bed and knocked over the side table.

"Will you calm down?" Giselle reprimanded.

"Don't you patronize me! You damn little whore, can't even do you job."

"You're disgusting!"

"Watch your-!" Edward had stomped over to the girl, who had spat on his face in return.

"I'm nothing but a vampire's whore. I cannot return to my kingdom and claim to be pure, as the Northlands are. I am a disgrace. Not only have you taken away a soul of a girl, but the hope of a nation. I hope you are proud Master Cullen. Perhaps you now have something to ponder during every erection."

     Edward was at a loss for words.

"She left me," he whispered,"with a daughter. Alone. She left me. She took something from me, too."
"But you don't gain anything from taking things from me!" she was sobbing loudly, head up against a chair. "It's Anton's fault. It's always been his fault. I have to find him. I have to kill him. It's the only way."

"Killing is a sin."

"Not if it is a work of God, which is what the people of the Northland believe."

"Why don't you just stay here?"

"Unlike you, I don't wish to have the death of millions of people on my hands. Innocent people...women, children in the village, with dead husbands because they fought for the country and I can't do anything because I'm a whore? Is that's what is happening, Master Cullen? Is it all your fault?"

"...What if I joined a union with you?"

"I wouldn't hear of it," she sniffed.

"...Giselle...if we were making love-"

"Hah! Is that what you call it?"

"as equals," he continued," would you still feel as rotten."

"...I guess it would boost morale in me."

"Come out with me tomorrow night."

"I have a date with Micheal."

"That bastard?"

"I pity him. He's such an unfortunate boy. His parents died, and he is being raised by his senile grandparents."

"Jessica and Mike?"

"...I've no idea."

"That's how Newton knows where to hide you! But why are you still with him?"

"He's a sweet boy."

"You're cheating on him."

"And you, you're wife, whom you never left a union with."

"She's never coming back, Giselle."

"I'm not breaking up with Micheal."

"Why do you always treat me like that? I'm starting to feel like Demetrius in this."

Giselle laughed darkly. "You? Demtrius? Are you saying I'm Hermia?"

"The very same whore."

"Hah, honestly, I feel like this relationship is more like Heathcliff and Isabella."

"Are you calling me Heathcliff?"

"Yes," she hissed.  She stared for a moment, then went for Edward's wardrobe, collected several items of clothes, and came back. She went down to the pantry, took as much food as she could, and took some money from the jar on the counter.

"What are you-where are you going?" Edward asked.

"If I'm Isabella, I best be doing my job."

"What are you talking about?"

"Just think about it." and she ran from the yard, as the dawn was coming, disappearing from sight.

Chapter 14-Something Secondhand and Broken

Chapter 14-

Something Secondhand and Broken

     Giselle woke up in Edward's empty bed-again. She went to his closet and pulled out a white dress from the stash she now was forced to keep in there. Edward was gone when she woke, as he was everyday. Why couldn't he wait for her? He never did. She sat on the bed, and yelled at herself inside her head to stop the tears from coming.

     She forced herself out of the room, and into Jasper's. Talia was the only one present, which is what Giselle had expected. "How do I look?" Talia asked frantically and afraid.

"Fine. Gorgeous." She was dressed in black taffeta, all black. It was all she wore since she came here.

"Humble?"

"Uh..."

"Do I look humble, Giselle?" she cried.

"Dear, there is only so much an outfit can say."

"UH!" She flopped onto the bed.

"You're telling him today, aren't you?"

"...Yes," whispered the redheaded vampire.

"Somethings are best left unspoken, dear, remember that."

"Are you saying I shouldn't tell him?"

"I'm saying that Jasper is a sensitive man. You telling him will kill him. You're running off with his ex-wife, Tal. How would you react?"

"I don't know. It's not happening to me. I'm just happy!" she beamed. "Alice and I are going to run away, and have a child. I always wanted a baby, Giselle...Jasper, he can give me that, but he...he forgot about me, ya know? When I found him, I was like a savior, his gift. But now, he's used to me being around. Alice treats me like a gift, and she makes me feel special. Jasper couldn't have done that, even when we were human. Ya know?"

"I guess. You should either leave with Alice now, Tal, or just drop her. Never tell him a thing. It would end better that way."

Giselle turned to leave.

"Giselle!"

"Yeah?"

"... Can you tell me what he's going to say? I want to know the outcome and for some reason, Alice can't see it."

"...You're limited, so I can't tell you. You're meant to be limited, Tal. It's part of your humanity."

"But I'm not human."

"It's an adjective, babe. It means pure. Good."

"I am good."

Giselle cocked an eyebrow. "Are you?"

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"Talia tells me you can't see the outcome."

"I don't know why I can't Giselle, but it's driving me nuts! Maybe it's better I wait to see his pain..."

"Alice, are you really going to do this?"

"Yes. He deserves it. Everytime he touched that bitch, he gets to know she loves me ten times more. You know he always wanted a baby? Talia can give him that...I never wanted a child. Too noisy and messy. I like teenagers, I have the power to predict what they are going to do, and Jasper could sense their feelings. If we were human, we would make perfect parents. But we aren't. We aren't even together. He left me. Over something something that didn't even involve us. He didn't even want to try again. She was the savior. Yeah, well I was the savior a long time ago. I'll be damned if a third comes around."
"Alice-"
"This is my life, Giselle, don't tell me how to live it."
"...I love you and Talia both, and I also love Jasper. You break his heart, your breaking mine...you shared that heart once, and I don't think it's entirely severed. "
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Giselle walked into Edward's room, and was taken off guard by his presence there.
"I didn't know you'd be here."
"Big day. I changed my shirt. Just got back from hunting."
"Ah."
Edward stared solidly into the crystal eyes of the Princess. "Giselle? Can we talk?"
"I've got to go check on Tal-"
"Giselle." She turned to look at the man. They hadn't been talking much lately.
"Giselle," Edward whispered again,"why have you been so distant? I just want to talk to you. Please?"
Giselle avoided his eyes, but burnt holes in the wall. "May I speak freely?" she growled.
Edward paused. "Always."
     The Princess turned on him, and put her pale pointer finger in his face. "You've been sleeping with me, and then you act like I don't exist! I do whatever you say whenever and you treat me like garbage! Do you know what you called me last night? Do you?" she yelled. He stared at her. "Bella." she spat. "Bella! Bella! Bella! 'Bella, I love you sooooo much!''Bella, do that again!' If you're going to abuse me at least use my name!"
"Giselle-"
"I don't want an excuse, Edward Cullen. You don't care about me and you never have. I feel under the spell of the undead and it's my fault. I don't think you knew you were lying but the pain is all the same. I'll leave soon. Just like the rest of your family."
"You shut up you whore!" Edward struck her across the face. Having on his leather bracelet, it cut open her cheek. She walked stiffly to the closet, pulled out a tanned bag, and pulled out a vile. In the vile was some purple substance which she rubbed on her cheeks, and the cut healed immediately.
     She walked up, and looked at Edward with no hate nor love in her eyes.
"I will stay here, at this Cullen's Manor. But not because I feel for you. It is because I have no  choice!"

And the Northland Princess fled the room.
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"What's going on?" Jasper whispered to Giselle.
"J-just a family meeting, I guess," she whispered, feeling pity for the Whitlock boy.

"Um, okay," Talia sighed, then squealed, in a stupid, girly way. "Jasper, honey? I really think was the best way to do this, and Alice agrees, just so there's no questions.
     Jasper, Alice and I have been sleeping together behind your back. At first it was just for fun, but over time we began to develop feelings for one another...I really think I love her and Jasper...we are going to have a baby."
Jasper's eyes were on fire, he hadn't drank in a few days either. "What!?" he snarled.
"I love her-"
"Okay, time to cut the crap!" Alice squealed and feel to her knees. She crawled to Jasper, sobbing heavily. "I-I-I slept with Talia!! I just wanted to make you mad!! Talia fell in love with me but Jasper, there isn't a person I hate more in the world!!"
"What?" Talia whispered.
"Jasper, I love you and I'm sorry!! Please, what I did doesn't mean a thing!"
"HOW COULD YOU!" Jasper screamed.
"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!! I-I-I didn't think!"
"To hell you didn't think! You thought this whole thing through! And Alice, Talia before either of you gets another word in. I can never be with either of you again. Talia, you cheated on me with my ex-wife. And Alice...as far as I'm concerned, I stopped loving you. And after this, I don't even think I can love you again. I just...I'm going hunting. No one follow me."
"Jasper-" Alice whispered. But he was gone.

"You lied to me?!"

Alice didn't even justify Talia with an answer.